A review by laura__reads
Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Not sure if I should rate this one a bit lower than the other two books for being annoyed with Audrey Rose's behavior, but I'm giving it 5 stars for now because of how much I love the series and my reading experience with it as a whole. I absolutely LOVED the atmosphere of this book and the whole setting as well. I also really enjoyed the Tarot and card aspect, it really added an interesting layer to the mystery. This story felt like a huge riddle to me, and I am a big fan of riddles so I really enjoyed myself and for that reason too I'm probably still gonna give this book 5 stars. The ending was very suspenseful and really well done in my opinion (though I have to say I really liked my own theory too, although I may have gone a bit over board with it). The only thing I didn't like was the love triangle because that part didn't seem very Audrey Rose-like, but I get that the author wanted to show that even for yourself it can sometimes be hard to not mix up the person you really are with the person you're pretending to be. So I forgive her, maybe, for now. Also Thomas is too precious for this world and needs to be protected at all cost.